Andrew Dehart suicided during a confrontation with Oregon State Police on October 29, 2015 during a car chase. He had been arrested at least eighteen times in Multnomah County for drug offenses since 2013 and had methamphetamine in his blood when he died. Death of fugitive involved in U.S. 26 gun-battle chase ruled a suicide, […]
Amanda Lynn Gatewood, 44, was shot and critically injured by a Springfield police officer (unidentified at this writing) Thursday, August 28, 2014, after a car chase ended by spike strips at a Chevron station, and Gatewood pointed a pellet gun at police. The stories, images and video below represent, as close to comprehensively as possible, […]
Stephen McMilon, 52, was shot and killed Sunday, August 24, 2014, by Medford Police Officers Salvador Garcia and Stephen Meador. This post represents, to the extent possible, all media reports, pictures, and video on the shooting. One dead in officer-involved shooting KDRV.com, August 24, 2014 One man is dead following an officer involved shooting on […]
Statesman Journal, May 20, 2014 A Salem police officer was justified in shooting and killing a man armed with a knife last month, according to a Marion County grand jury’s findings, which were announced Monday afternoon. READ – Links to all prior news coverage of Michael Conley’s shooting Officer David Baker shot Michael Conley, 46, […]
By Matt Gutman and Alexis Shaw, ABC News, Oct. 5, 2013 Oregon State Police released shocking footage of a deadly shootout that took place between a state trooper and an Army veteran after the officer pulled the man over for speeding. The video, which was released Thursday, starts with Trooper Matt Zistel, 26, stopping a […]
By Dave Martinez, Herald and News, August 30, 2013 The investigation into the shooting death of Matthew David Borner, 52, determined that the deadly force used by a Klamath Falls Police detective was justified. Borner, who pulled a cell phone from his pocket, but acted as if it were a gun, threatened police several times […]
By Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian, June 11, 2013 In 2009, lawmakers crafted a way to help the estimated 29,000 people whose mental health histories disqualify them under federal law from buying firearms in Oregon: a formal mechanism to ask for their gun rights back. Four years later, with a two-year budget of $576,184 and a […]
By Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian, Feb. 26, 2013 A man who was wounded when another man opened fire on a Silverton RV park is recovering at a Portland hospital, according to the park’s manager. Police have not named the shooting victim, described by residents as an RV park employee. The alleged shooter was shot by […]
By Kate Mather, The Oregonian, Tuesday, January 24, 2012 A 29-year-old Oregon State Police trooper was held for a mental assessment today after he allegedly told police he left an explosive package at a Mt. Angel park. Mt. Angel officers took Joseph Conklin into custody on a police officer hold about 3:45 a.m. after he […]
From the The (La Grande) Observer, August 7, 2011 The wife of the Elgin man who was fatally shot when an officer responded to a domestic call early Monday says her husband was unarmed when the shooting occurred. “I want everyone to know Dick’s hands were empty when (Officer) Eric (Kilpatrick) shot him,” Gloria Shafer […]
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